Question

Write two (2) slogans on ‘Female foeticide-a social evil’.

Answer 1

Hint: Female foeticide is the gender-selective abortion of the fetus because of the reason that the fetus is a girl. It is illegal and in a place where female foeticide takes place, there will be a high sex ratio difference.

Complete Answer:
Two slogans on the topic of ‘Female foeticide- a social evil’ is as follows:
1.Female foeticide is suicide
save the girl child and ensure the future.
2.Every man in our society needs a Mother, wife, and a sister
then why don't they need a daughter?
Due to the high female foeticides reported in India, strict conditions are imposed in order to prevent such cases. But those who want to have the female fetus aborted, get it done illegally by unqualified quacks putting the life of the mother in danger as well. There are strict precautions about the usage of amniocentesis as the sex of the baby is revealed through it.

Additional information:
Let us look at the process of sex determination in humans.
-A human male contains XY sex chromosomes whereas a human female contains XX chromosome. Hence, all the gametes formed by a female will contain the X chromosome but in the case of a male, 50% of sperms will have the X chromosome and the other 50% of sperms will have the Y chromosome.
-Once the fertilization occurs, the zygote would be carrying either XX or XY whether the sperm that fertilized the egg contains X or Y chromosome.
-As we can see, the male gametes decide what the sex of the baby is going to be. Such a situation is known as male heterogamety.
-Hence, the sex of a baby is determined by the father instead of the mother as opposed to what is traditionally believed.

Note:
-Medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) or induced abortion is the voluntary termination of pregnancy before its full term.
-MTPs are relatively safe during the first trimester of the week which is the first three months of the pregnancy.
-Amniocentesis is the removal of the amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus in order to check any abnormalities in the fetus.